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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: tomerams on February 26, 2009, 05:35:35 PM

Title: System Info says 74.53 GB, but Properties of C: says 13.6 GB.
Post by: tomerams on February 26, 2009, 05:35:35 PM: I'm confused! This is a look of my System Information on my computer.

Description   Disk drive
Manufacturer   (Standard disk drives)
Model   ST380011A
Bytes/Sector   512
Media Loaded   Yes
Media Type   Fixed	hard disk media
Partitions   2
SCSI Bus   0
SCSI Logical Unit   0
SCSI Port   0
SCSI Target ID   0
Sectors/Track   63
Size   74.53 GB (80,023,265,280 bytes)
Total Cylinders   10,337
Total Sectors   156,295,440
Total Tracks   2,480,880
Tracks/Cylinder   240
Partition   Disk #0, Partition #0
Partition Size   5.23 GB (5,620,253,184 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset   32,256 bytes
Partition   Disk #0, Partition #1
Partition Size   13.68 GB (14,685,511,680 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset   5,620,285,440 bytes

And when I look at the properties of C:, it tells me there is only 13.9 GB. If I have a 80 GB size hard drive why don't I see it in the properies of C:?
Title: Re: System Info says 74.53 GB, but Properties of C: says 13.6 GB.
Post by: BC_Programmer on February 26, 2009, 05:44:33 PM: Quote from: tomerams on February 26, 2009, 05:35:35 PM
Partition Disk #0, Partition #1
Partition Size 13.68 GB (14,685,511,680 bytes)

That is why.

If you are running vista you can use disk management to extend the 13GB drive to use the full size of your disk.
Title: Re: System Info says 74.53 GB, but Properties of C: says 13.6 GB.
Post by: tomerams on February 26, 2009, 05:55:46 PM: Thank you, I knew when I researched the model number of the HDD and it was saying it was an 80 GB HDD. Now my question to you is how do I partition it as an 80 GB HDD?
Title: Re: System Info says 74.53 GB, but Properties of C: says 13.6 GB.
Post by: Laska on February 26, 2009, 06:04:27 PM: Go Into Disk Manager to change the partitioning. Use a search in help to find disk Mgr if you need to....
Title: Re: System Info says 74.53 GB, but Properties of C: says 13.6 GB.
Post by: BC_Programmer on February 26, 2009, 06:39:56 PM: Since your using XP, repartitioning the drive will require you to format and reinstall windows, at least without a partition such as partition magic.

however, one option is you can create a New disk drive, which will be referenced using a different drive letter. This can be useful for storing your data and/or downloads.

One way of accessing disk management is Start->Run and type diskmgmt.msc in the run dialog.

Disk management should start.

I predict one of your disks will be shown with "unallocated" space in the lower pane view. To partition this space, right-click on it and select "create new partition".

Follow the prompts for creating a new partition/basic disk, it will ask for a drive letter, and format the drive.

Formatting will take some time. Depending on the speed of your computer you might still be able to perform other tasks.

I hope this helps- If you want to resize your existing C:\ drive, I'm sure there are members that know of free ways of doing it.
Title: Re: System Info says 74.53 GB, but Properties of C: says 13.6 GB.
Post by: Kurtiskain on February 26, 2009, 11:44:28 PM: Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 26, 2009, 06:39:56 PM
I hope this helps- If you want to resize your existing C:\ drive, I'm sure there are members that know of free ways of doing it.

You bet we do! You can use this software here:

http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm (http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm)
Title: Re: System Info says 74.53 GB, but Properties of C: says 13.6 GB.
Post by: Kurtiskain on February 26, 2009, 11:45:42 PM: Or, there is this page HERE (http://www.partition-tool.com/partition-magic/resize-partition-freeware.htm)